Dr. Daniel Schmidt

Founder & CEO at CEPRES

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

I’m the Founder and CEO at CEPRES, the leader in private market investment data and technology and I have over 22 years of industry experience. I served as the Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Private Equity Partners, contributing significantly to the sector's growth. Throughout my career, I've held key roles at Daimler, Merrill Lynch, and VCM Capital Management. My academic journey includes earning a Ph.D. in private equity econometrics and risk management from Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and I was the recipient of an EU-funded research project for the advancement of private equity. Specialties: private equity portfolio and investment management, company management/CEO, networking, deal structuring, direct investment and corporate development consulting

Experience

  • Founder & CEO at CEPRES
    Jan 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 7 mos

    CEPRES is the world’s largest private market investment data ecosystem, combining best-in-class SaaS solutions with the best private market data. Our Data Network enables the secure exchange and analysis of deal-level investment data between 4,000 LPs, GPs and fund of funds. This data represents more than 11,000 funds, 107,000 portfolio companies and more than $40.5 trillion in value. With better data at the core, CEPRES helps investors make true data-driven investment decisions and fulfill all linked portfolio management related requirements.

  • Managing Director at Deutsche Bank
    Jan 2009 - Sep 2010 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Deutsche Bank Private Equity Partners. Private equity investments and fund structuring. Head of Product Development and deal structuring

  • Investment Manager & Principal at Deutsche Bank Private Equity Partners / VCM Capital Management GmbH
    Oct 2001 - Dec 2008 · 7 yrs 3 mos

    Head of department for innovative investments and deal structures. Global private equity / venture capital investments, deal structuring and sourcing